“You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them!”
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Larry Wall294
American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl 1954Related quotes
“It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.”
Sarah Dessen book The Truth About Forever
Source: The Truth About Forever
“1. You can't win. 2. You can't break even. 3. You can't even get out of the game.”
Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet
Several publications attribute the quote to Ginsberg, probably the first one is The Coevolution Quarterly in 1975 [Google books https://books.google.it/books?id=MylJAQAAIAAJ&q=%22ginsberg%27s+theorem%22&dq=%22ginsberg%27s+theorem%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y], but there's is no evidence whatsoever that he ever pronounced it. A more detailed analysis can be found in this post https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/you_cant_win_you_cant_break_even/ <br class="br">Misattributed, Ginsberg's theorem
“You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't get out of the fucking game.”
Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) American writer
Interview with Gary K. Wolfe (28 July 1987), quoted in Harlan Ellison : The Edge of Forever (2002), by Ellen Weil and Gary K. Wolfe
Borrowing a common scientific joke expressing the laws of thermodynamics.
“But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them.”
Patricia Briggs book Bone Crossed
Source: Bone Crossed
“You can't live without illusions, even if you must fight for them.”
Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer